Greg thank you so very much for all of the information! And please do go on..... I would love to hear all that you have to tell about Africa. My husband and I are not frequent travelers. We have been to Mexico and Hawaii (both over 6 years ago) but never overseas to a different continent! This amazing offer to travel to Africa came up all of a sudden and we jumped on the opportunity. I was a little worried that we were going to go into this trip totally blind thus setting ourselves up for trouble, but even the little informaiton that you have offered so far has really helped to set my mind at ease. Like I mentioned in my original post, we have already purchased the package that includes our lodging, food and safari trips, but do you have any advise that could get me started on my search for airfare?